The last clip with the trucks, the driver (Geoff Bodine) suffered no serious injuries. He did suffer fractures in his wrist, cheek bone, a vertebrae in his back and his ankle. This was the first time the trucks ever raced at Daytona.
I have so many relatives linked to NASCAR especially before it called that. HOWEVER, I don't care for NASCAR but I love to swim in Logan Martin Lake when we are in Alabama/Talladega/ Pell City...
Geoff Bodine is not a NASCAR official, and never was one. He did go on to design the Olympic bobsleds for the USA team. His BROTHER Brett Bodine drove the pace car after Elmo Langley passed away.
There hasn't been a death in a NASCAR Cup Series race since 2001. There was a terrible crash killing Dale Earnhardt on the last lap of the Daytona 500. There's been a half dozen other deaths in NASCAR events since then, but none in the 2010s at all. Racing was much more dangerous than it is now.
Don't forget Blaise Alexander as well. It was his death along with Earnhardt's that caused the HANS device mandate along side other safety innovations.
What amazes me is that on the Michael Waltrip crash, one of the commentators was his older brother Darryl but just listening to it, you'd never know there was any connection between them.
DW was not commentating then, he was racing then too. It is wild that Mikey Waltrip survived. Also should check out Ryan Preece and Ryan Newman's crashes from Daytona..idk how either survived.
@@PaperBanjo64It still breaks my heart hearing this today. It was supposed to be an amazing day for Dale, seeing his own team finish 1-2, for Darryl and Michael celebrating Michael's first win and at Daytona, no less, and for Jr, placing podium at Daytona, the race his dad finally won two years prior after 20 years. What an awful way for the day to end.
@mllerrah666 Dale would've been proud, as sad as it was he died doing what he loved and he knew his cars were gonna win, and he'd be proud of Jr too with 2 Daytona 500 wins of his own.
0:50 All drivers involved were fine, but 30 people in the stands were injured from debris getting through the fence, one was struck in the head and suffered a fractured skull and traumatic brain injury (NASCAR was sued and they settled with the family) 2:05 Davey Allison(Died in 1993): Suffered a broken Collarbone, Arm, and Wrist as well as a concussion. He suited up the very next week, bloodshot eyes and all to race a few laps to at least qualify for driver points towards the championship, and just to shift the car, they had to velcro his hand to the shifter 4:20 Ricky Craven(Retired in 2006): Suffered a concussion and 2 cracked vertebra in his back 9:25 Darrell Waltrip (Retired in 2000): Suffered a broken Leg and Arm and a Concussion 11:50 Austin Dillon: Only complaint was being very sore after this. A handful of fans were examined and treated, most at the care center at the track while one was taking to the hospital and was treated and released 12:20 Geoff Bodine (Retired in 2012): suffered a Concussion, burns, a fractured right cheek bone, fractured right wrist, fractured vertebra in the middle of his back, and fractured right ankle. And some fans were treated for burns and scrapes everyone else was fine
I don't think the family should have been able to sue. I'm sorry for the person and their family, but if you go to a venue like this, it should be with the knowledge that things like this can happen, and will, no matter what safety measures they come up with.
@@tattooedman42 I feel like they did on the fact that this was the only time someone's life was altered this much from a catch fence crash, with all the other catch fence crashes there were minor things with the worst being the people that suffered burns from Geoff Bodine's crash
@@tattooedman42I get what you mean, but I disagree as the threat of getting sued at least gives NASCAR incentive to not cut corners when they set those fences up.
The crash at 4:29 there is still a mystery to this day what Sadler's (the blue 19 car with the engine ripped out of it) impact looks like. There's no footage, and this happened in 2010 so I don't know if it's just the network witholding the footage from us.
@steveinstetson There was one pointing from turn 2 to turn 1 I believe. Not to mention it was 2010, I am positive they had cameras everywhere and didn't have the incompetence of FOX.
@@THE_RYANN There is a fan cam video of it from the infield but it doesn't show much from what I recall. I think Elliot Sadler said in an interview that he thought Kasey Kahne turned him when he checked up but I could be wrong.
Its a testament to how well NASCAR has developed Safety measures over the years. One of the biggest advancements of recent years is the Safer Barrier. It's saves many a life and career. Also they have paved many of the grass areas on super speedways to avoid the flips and massive car damage that comes from hitting the transition from concrete/asphalt to grass. Great video. Keep em comin!!
Those catch fences were originally there to keep people off the track, not protect them from debris. It wasn't until a car crashed and broke apart, sending parts into the grandstand, (I forget which race) that they began seriously reinforcing them. The idea that a car could break apart and send multiple very heavy pieces through a crowd was well known since the Le Mans '55 crash. But NASCAR figured they were safe because the people weren't as low, and close to the track. It hadn't happened before, so why worry about it. Until it did, then they quickly updated all tracks.
NASCAR is descended from prohibition era moonshine runners using their modified cars to outrun IRS agents, then deciding to hold competitions to see who had the more souped-up vehicles amongst eachother. That's about 100 years of evolution and some hard lessons learned, that have made it into a much more safe motorsport. The big one that shook things up was Dale "The Intimidator" Earnhardt Senior (father of Dale Earnhardt Junior, and famously the driver of the #3 car), who is right up there with Richard "The King" Petty and one of the all time top NASCAR drivers. To this day, you'll still see a lot of people with #3 stickers on their car, flags with #3 on them, etc, in honor of Dale Senior. Prior to his crash, some safety equipment things were optional, and there was more opposition to making some aspects of the racing safer. His legacy is opening the eyes of lots of people on the importance of safety.
As I’ve mentioned before, I was going to NASCAR races as a toddler (I was a huge Richard Petty fan) and saw a lot of horrible wrecks - safety measures weren’t anything like they are today. After watching some of these videos, I’m glad we always sat near the top of the stands. Back in the day (mid-sixties I think), there was a driver called Fireball Roberts. I saw him race many times. Unfortunately, in one of the wrecks he was involved in his car caught on fire. He later died from his burn injuries. The nickname was given long before the incident, but I have never forgotten it. So many of the drivers I saw as a small child went on to become legends in the sport.
Roberts' crash is why they had to start wearing full fire retardant suits. I believe there was another around the same time that caused NASCAR to start requiring nets over the windows and automatic disqualification (and likely suspension) if drivers didn't wear a safety harness. It's too bad people had to die before what seems like common sense rules kicked in. My Mom's second husband drove for a while in the late 50's/early 60's. He considered himself lucky to get out alive.
Watch the crash that killed the legendary Dale Earnhardt. It didn't even look like a serious crash at the time. But re-watching it shows a direct impact into the wall, which didn't have safety barriers in place like they do now.
Didn't see the practice crash of Mike Harmon but watched all the others on TV. Some were so bad that it's hard to believe no one died. I really didn't think Geoff Bodine could have survived that last crash, but he did. Injured, but not life-threatening.
I might complain about rule changes occasionally saying " It's just not like it used to be..." but I will always praise all the safety features developed .
8:58 Editor had some fun here. The preceding clip was of Michael Waltrip (who was fine) when his older brother, Darryl was doing commentary (Darryl retired as a driver years before) - obviously Darryl sprinted over to the site, in time to watch his brother stand up in the wreckage and walk away. Then the next vlip is an older clip of Darryl when he was driving.
Darrell had NOT yet retired, he retired after the 2000 season. Michael's crash was in 1990. ...i'm amazed at how many people can get so many facts wrong in these comments.
5:29 so this is the “only footage” nascar has of this wreck, however it is believed they have more footage but what they saw was so disturbing they refuse to release it publicly Often times drivers say they prefer flips because all the crashes energy goes into sending the car into the air and not the driver
I've been a Nascar fan for more then 30 years, and the races can get the adrenaline going! The crashes are horrible, and I'm still amazed how so many drivers survive them. Sadly, my oldest son's favorite driver (Dale Ernhardt) was killed in 2001 on the last lap of the Daytona 500.
I used to be a jackman and i was in Dale Jr's pit stall when Dillion crashed into tbe fencing at 10:35. We all thought he wasnt walking away from that but he did
The safety in modern race cars is truly unbelievable. Drivers now walk from wrecks that would kill guys 5 times over 20 years ago. In my opinion things are oddly enough maybe a bit too safe and sterile now. Let’s be honest, the biggest attraction to many things is the element of danger. Nobody wants to see anyone or anything get killed, but over correcting can make things boring.
The last one was one of the worst I’ve ever witnessed in 40 years of watching racing! Geoff Bodine survived that wreck and raced like 4 months later! The sound of that truck grinding through that catch fence is insane!
I've only flipped a car twice sideways and twice end over end. Everything goes into slow motion. I can't imagine how long it would feel like flipping as many times as some of these.
that last one the engine bounced 250 metres down the track away from the truck. a few years later geoff bodine the driver came up to canada to run a cascar race (now nascar canada) with my dad as his crew chief
Look for the crash they showed with the car into the fence. It is Austin Dillion's Coke Zero 400 crash. Then look for this same crash but add the words front row view. Someone sitting in the seats right in front of the impact point videoed it.
If I recall, the Elliott Sadler wreck he dislocated his shoulder and broke his clavicle on his right side, and had severe bruising and multiple hairline fractures in his ribs. If it looked like he was crying, it's because he was.
the 2nd crash in the film the black no 28 car was davey allison,he did recieve injuries had to take some time off, how ever unfortunately davey allison was killed in a helicopter crash, the following season.
If you watched NASCAR races every week like we do in the States, I’m not sure that you wouldn’t wind up in the emergency room. That really brought your blood pressure up! I do enjoy the races and have been to a couple. They are exciting!!
@@Denalicat I know been to them many times. Talked to him twice. Also talked to erica enders twice as my granddaughter has been following her since her and her sisters Jr, Dragster days, time to a dragstrip was in 1965 when I was twelve.
Welcome to the world of NASCAR, friend! Two vids I have to recommend are "The Worst NASCAR Race" by SlapShoes and "NASCAR And The Art of Revenge" by EmpLemon. Both absolute gems.
The window net is used by drivers to signal emergency crews. The lower it first chance they get to signal they are conscious, so the crews can respond first to drivers who have not lowered the net since they likely need medical aid first. Everybody gets checked out by doctors after a crash of any kind, of course, and anybody injured goes to a full hospital immediately. Drivers in NASCAR are among the most accessible pro athletes. During rain delays the reporters usually roaming the garage or pit areas will roam the line of motor homes (caravans or maybe coaches in Aussie) where drivers are as bored as anybody else hoping for a weather break. I remember one driver invited everyone inside, reporter, cameraman, soundman, all of them. Then took the headset from the reporter and started interviewing the reporter instead of everybody going through the same routine questions to fill airtime.
ythe truck race todd went to the hos[ital with a broken wrist, disslocated arm, some burns, bruses, and cuts, and he was back racing in 2 or 3 weeks, but yeah all othem survived
These are probably the safest race cars in the world. They have all the safety technology that any other race car has, and then there's the fact that they're so much heavier than those other cars. There's just more car to protect the drivers. Nobody's died in a NASCAR since Dale Earnhardt in 2001, and I'd bet money I never see it happen in my life.
Just think of the concentration and reflexes it takes to drive at 200 MPH bumper-to-bumper. I'm surprised there aren't more big wrecks. It's insane. The fastest I've gone was about 190 as a passenger in a Lamborghini on a test track and that scared the shit out of me.
Most of the huge wrecks in this video occurred at just two racetracks, Daytona and Talladega. These super speedways encourage drivers to race nose to tail as close as possible to go faster aerodynamically because the engines in the car are restricted to reduce horsepower to slow them down. Downforce on these cars is achieved by front and rear spoilers preventing air getting under the car. Once air does get under the car, they tend to take flight. With the close nose to tail racing at these two tracks,and the hole in the air created by the front car, the trailing cars are going faster. Hence the pack racing where one mistake wrecks many cars.
basically true of all race cars. worst thing possible is to get flipped around because now your wings are in fact wings like an airplane. I think the flaps on the roof that pop up when they get going backwards are supposed to help prevent liftoff but 200+mph is physics has the wheel once you are no longer pointed forward.
I don't think a lot of people realize how insanely fast these cars are, they're crashing at a few hundred miles an hour. shit gets really fucked at that speed even with just a slight tap
Definitely enjoyed your reaction to this video Lyle. A testament to the safety mandated into this sport. Loving your NASCAR reactions. Thanks so much - Chuck in NE Kansas
Fun fact about the last crash the driver of that truck (Geoff Bodine) only missed 10 races that crash happen February 18, 2000 and he returned to racing in the trucks on May 6, 2000
Aussie's: Don't F with us cause we're crazy MF's. American's: Hold my beer while I get in my NASCAR. American's: Hold my beer while I do this 3.7 seconds in a Top fuel dragster. 0-300mph in less than a quarter mile. Hell, I know our women are more crazy cause they choose a 2,000 lbs killing machine called a bear, over a man. Make that make sense?
That's one characteristic of NASCAR racing. They try to keep the performance of the cars very close, so they always end up in one big group. And because of the oval style of racing, if one car goes out of control, it sets off a chain reaction. In many ways, avoiding getting tangled up seems to be more luck than skill in many cases. And the engineering and construction of the driver's compartment is mind boggling! To see a driver climb out of what's left, is always a jaw dropping experience! And if you think that these are terrible, watch 25 Worst NHRA Crashes in 10 Minutes.
Yeah, I'm late. The last driver yes, survived, and he was also big in our Olympic Bobsled organisation as he and his race organisation helped design the US Made sleighs the US started to use that are named after him and a race company called Chassis Dynamics, Bo-Dyn (a combo of Geoff Bodine and Chassis Dynamics). The latest ones are still made by a company based in our Racing Industry/Nascar area (We've got another Racing industry area in Indiana around Indianapolis)
In that last truck crash,, 2 drivers were kept in hospital overnight. 9 spectators were injured, 5 were taken to the hospital where 2 required surgery.8
Geoff Bodine had a few broken bones; 6-8 week recovery.. nothing serious. He walked away into the Ambulance (which is mandatory after a wreck) Cast on his arm and headed home.
The big fence around the track is usually called the "Catch fence" for obvious reasons. Its not just a tall frence. It has several heavy steal cables that run horizontal seperated by a couple feet, pulled tight to anchor points at either end every 100ft or so. All the way around most oval tracks and super speedways. Most of these crashes are on super speedways where they get up to about 200mph. They are more or less sucked down to the track. But it doesnt take much to disrupt the airflow under, over and around the car and that changes everything. One car can make another car wipe out on purpose or on accident without touching the other car by how their proximity to eachother effects the air flow. If i get in so close to you going into a corner, we become one flow of air.. which makes us faster. But, the air you needed to come down over your roof to hit the rear spoiler to hold your car down doesnt come down anymore. It goes up your front window and down my back window. That means not much is holding your rear end to the ground and you can easily spin out.. especially if i barely tap you as you are turning left into the corner. Lol Sometimes its on purpose. Sometimes its on accident. But the chance of that happening is on every corner when they are driving in packs. Which really the only way to win. If you arent lined up tight with other cars, the ones that are have better aerodynamics and will be faster than you. You will be way at the back pretty fast if you "pull out of line" without making agreemente with other cars around you to do it at the same time to form a new line of cars. In this type of racing, i know it seems like somebody buried 6 rows back with 3 lines of cars is out of it going into the last lap but thats not the case. That guy has almost as good a chance of winning as all the others in front of him, if not a slightly less chance. The lines and "deals" are all going to start in the final laps. Cars start changing what row they are in. 4 will jump to the top to start a new row trying to charge to the front. Other fill in their spots. Doors start touching. They get sucked into eachother. Airflow problem. Cars will hit eachothers rear end pushing them harder into the airflow while staying bumper to bumper trying to shove them forward towards the front and follow with them. At 200mph. This can all obviously lead to the big crashes in this vid. They are called "The big one" to many race fans. Everybody is waiting for it to happen pretty much every time they bunch the cars back together during yellow flags. They use terms like "draft", "side draft", "bump draft", "down force". "Air flow" way more than they talk details about the engines. They talk in aeronautical terms while talking about things that are actually on the ground. Lol Its a great sport. Super Speedways, 1 mile tracks, half mile tracks. Road Courses. A driver is usually skilled in 2 or more types of tracks to be successful.
The greatest thing about motorsports is that the crews will always run to help whoever is injured. In the moment they don’t care about teams or winning. They just want to preserve life. Those crew members could rip a door off a car before safety gets there.
The last driver was not "okay", but he got okay. Broke several bones, concussions, a plethora of other damages. Missed 10 weeks, then got back in and raced 12 more years. The cars, and trucks (utes) are designed to crush and come apart very deliberately in a crash to bleed off kinetic energy, to reduce the forces passed to the driver. The drivers ar ed fully kitted in fireproof suits. They are strapped in tightly and have a device called a HANS that essentially joins the head, neck, and shoulders in a unit to protect the neck in the event od a major crash, spurred in part by the death of legend Dale Earnhardt Sr of a neck fracture following what looked like a much gentler crash then many he had walked away from in his career. The firesuits have been standard to some extent for many years, but with the HANS device making one more thing drivers deal with, its gotten more robust to give the driver extra seconds to stop the car and get the bleep out.
The last clip with the trucks, the driver (Geoff Bodine) suffered no serious injuries. He did suffer fractures in his wrist, cheek bone, a vertebrae in his back and his ankle. This was the first time the trucks ever raced at Daytona.
The truck crash at the 12:00 mark was Geoff Bodine who got the worst of it. He suffered some minor burns, a broken bone in his had and a cracked vertebra. He said he blacked out almost immediately, He made a full recovery and returned to racing for another 11 years and retired in 2011 after 27 years behind the wheel.
11:48 if you have a strong stomach read about the 1955 Le Mans disaster, That is what happens when the fence is not there in motorsport. Yes that one with the pickup trucks is utes, If I remember right it was the Craftsman Super Truck series.
I'm sure other said this already but all of these accidents everyone survived. there might be minor injuries for some of them, but they were all able to continue not only living, but all of them kept racing afterwards and probably had other accidents that didn't make it on this list. Also no all races are have accidents like this, these tend to happen on certain tracks (Super speedway) were there is no lifting and are all bunched up. Slower/smaller tracks the cars tend to either get spread out or going slow enough that they can prevent their car from wrecking when they get bumped/turned.
You should see a lot of videos of delana harvick, the wife of Kevin harvick, more than once was she on top of the war wagon looking like a nervous wreck. Even when her husband was winning the race she looked like she wouldn't relax until the race was over.
Most of these accidents not all of them, we’re at Talledagua ( spelled wrong ) or Daytona. These 2 tracks have a special package set up in the cars. It’s to keep the cars from going to fast but also it bunches up the cars so they have big crashes. Even before the race drivers hope they don’t get caught up in what they call the “big one”. Most of these crash videos of nascar are at these 2 tracks. This is not a real representation of nascar.
The last clip with the trucks, the driver (Geoff Bodine) suffered no serious injuries. He did suffer fractures in his wrist, cheek bone, a vertebrae in his back and his ankle. This was the first time the trucks ever raced at Daytona.
Don't forget the concussion. 🙈 And back vertebrae r kinda serious if u don't have money for the good operations...
They were running without restrictor plates as well.
@@crazydrummer181 trucks still don't use plates on superspeedways either last I checked... Been tapered spacers instead.
@@dillonpierce7869 oh cool. I didn’t know. Got me interested in looking further into it.
@dillonpierce7869 trucks have about 600-650 horsepower also are big, bulky and weigh more.
The last driver did get injured, but was ok. He currently works as a Nascar official. Name's Geoff Bodine.
I have so many relatives linked to NASCAR especially before it called that. HOWEVER, I don't care for NASCAR but I love to swim in Logan Martin Lake when we are in Alabama/Talladega/ Pell City...
Geoff Bodine is not a NASCAR official, and never was one. He did go on to design the Olympic bobsleds for the USA team. His BROTHER Brett Bodine drove the pace car after Elmo Langley passed away.
There hasn't been a death in a NASCAR Cup Series race since 2001. There was a terrible crash killing Dale Earnhardt on the last lap of the Daytona 500. There's been a half dozen other deaths in NASCAR events since then, but none in the 2010s at all. Racing was much more dangerous than it is now.
Don't forget Blaise Alexander as well. It was his death along with Earnhardt's that caused the HANS device mandate along side other safety innovations.
@@christopherjunkinsWasn't that in ARCA though?
@@seannolan9857yes it was ARCA, which technically is a NASCAR series now.
@@PaperBanjo64 But it wasn't then. Frank Kimmel can't retroactively claim to have won eight consecutive NASCAR championships.
2001 also included the Adam Petty crash at New Hampshire. That came after the Earnhardt crash at Daytona.
What amazes me is that on the Michael Waltrip crash, one of the commentators was his older brother Darryl but just listening to it, you'd never know there was any connection between them.
He leaves right after and runs down to his brother though. ;)
@christopherjunkins and he was so happy when Mikey finally got his first win...till he looked over to turn 4 and said "I hope Dale's OK."
DW was not commentating then, he was racing then too. It is wild that Mikey Waltrip survived.
Also should check out Ryan Preece and Ryan Newman's crashes from Daytona..idk how either survived.
@@PaperBanjo64It still breaks my heart hearing this today. It was supposed to be an amazing day for Dale, seeing his own team finish 1-2, for Darryl and Michael celebrating Michael's first win and at Daytona, no less, and for Jr, placing podium at Daytona, the race his dad finally won two years prior after 20 years. What an awful way for the day to end.
@mllerrah666 Dale would've been proud, as sad as it was he died doing what he loved and he knew his cars were gonna win, and he'd be proud of Jr too with 2 Daytona 500 wins of his own.
Most of these crashes are at 2 tracks....Daytona and Talladega. Nose to tail at 200mph it doesn't take much to have "The Big One."
I've been to both of those tracks. They are intense!
0:50 All drivers involved were fine, but 30 people in the stands were injured from debris getting through the fence, one was struck in the head and suffered a fractured skull and traumatic brain injury (NASCAR was sued and they settled with the family)
2:05 Davey Allison(Died in 1993): Suffered a broken Collarbone, Arm, and Wrist as well as a concussion. He suited up the very next week, bloodshot eyes and all to race a few laps to at least qualify for driver points towards the championship, and just to shift the car, they had to velcro his hand to the shifter
4:20 Ricky Craven(Retired in 2006): Suffered a concussion and 2 cracked vertebra in his back
9:25 Darrell Waltrip (Retired in 2000): Suffered a broken Leg and Arm and a Concussion
11:50 Austin Dillon: Only complaint was being very sore after this. A handful of fans were examined and treated, most at the care center at the track while one was taking to the hospital and was treated and released
12:20 Geoff Bodine (Retired in 2012): suffered a Concussion, burns, a fractured right cheek bone, fractured right wrist, fractured vertebra in the middle of his back, and fractured right ankle. And some fans were treated for burns and scrapes
everyone else was fine
And Geoff Bodine was over 50 when he had that crash.
I don't think the family should have been able to sue. I'm sorry for the person and their family, but if you go to a venue like this, it should be with the knowledge that things like this can happen, and will, no matter what safety measures they come up with.
@@tattooedman42 I feel like they did on the fact that this was the only time someone's life was altered this much from a catch fence crash, with all the other catch fence crashes there were minor things with the worst being the people that suffered burns from Geoff Bodine's crash
@@GraveDigger35 I see and understand your point, and I might have felt the same had it happened to my family. But, I still stand by what I said.
@@tattooedman42I get what you mean, but I disagree as the threat of getting sued at least gives NASCAR incentive to not cut corners when they set those fences up.
"Is that the engine?"
"Is that the engine?"
"Oh my god"
"Oh my god"
Dying 😂😂😂
The crash at 4:29 there is still a mystery to this day what Sadler's (the blue 19 car with the engine ripped out of it) impact looks like. There's no footage, and this happened in 2010 so I don't know if it's just the network witholding the footage from us.
The only footage of the Elliot Sadler wreck is what you see. Pocano is such a huge track that there were no cameras in that area
@steveinstetson There was one pointing from turn 2 to turn 1 I believe. Not to mention it was 2010, I am positive they had cameras everywhere and didn't have the incompetence of FOX.
@@steveinstetson wasn't there some footage of the wreak from a bystander releases a while ago? Could of sworn I saw it a few years ago
@@THE_RYANN There is a fan cam video of it from the infield but it doesn't show much from what I recall. I think Elliot Sadler said in an interview that he thought Kasey Kahne turned him when he checked up but I could be wrong.
Its a testament to how well NASCAR has developed Safety measures over the years. One of the biggest advancements of recent years is the Safer Barrier. It's saves many a life and career. Also they have paved many of the grass areas on super speedways to avoid the flips and massive car damage that comes from hitting the transition from concrete/asphalt to grass. Great video. Keep em comin!!
Crazy to see the evolution of the catch fences when you see those old videos compared to now
Those catch fences were originally there to keep people off the track, not protect them from debris. It wasn't until a car crashed and broke apart, sending parts into the grandstand, (I forget which race) that they began seriously reinforcing them.
The idea that a car could break apart and send multiple very heavy pieces through a crowd was well known since the Le Mans '55 crash. But NASCAR figured they were safe because the people weren't as low, and close to the track. It hadn't happened before, so why worry about it. Until it did, then they quickly updated all tracks.
NASCAR is descended from prohibition era moonshine runners using their modified cars to outrun IRS agents, then deciding to hold competitions to see who had the more souped-up vehicles amongst eachother. That's about 100 years of evolution and some hard lessons learned, that have made it into a much more safe motorsport. The big one that shook things up was Dale "The Intimidator" Earnhardt Senior (father of Dale Earnhardt Junior, and famously the driver of the #3 car), who is right up there with Richard "The King" Petty and one of the all time top NASCAR drivers. To this day, you'll still see a lot of people with #3 stickers on their car, flags with #3 on them, etc, in honor of Dale Senior. Prior to his crash, some safety equipment things were optional, and there was more opposition to making some aspects of the racing safer. His legacy is opening the eyes of lots of people on the importance of safety.
As I’ve mentioned before, I was going to NASCAR races as a toddler (I was a huge Richard Petty fan) and saw a lot of horrible wrecks - safety measures weren’t anything like they are today. After watching some of these videos, I’m glad we always sat near the top of the stands. Back in the day (mid-sixties I think), there was a driver called Fireball Roberts. I saw him race many times. Unfortunately, in one of the wrecks he was involved in his car caught on fire. He later died from his burn injuries. The nickname was given long before the incident, but I have never forgotten it. So many of the drivers I saw as a small child went on to become legends in the sport.
Roberts' crash is why they had to start wearing full fire retardant suits. I believe there was another around the same time that caused NASCAR to start requiring nets over the windows and automatic disqualification (and likely suspension) if drivers didn't wear a safety harness. It's too bad people had to die before what seems like common sense rules kicked in.
My Mom's second husband drove for a while in the late 50's/early 60's. He considered himself lucky to get out alive.
Watch the crash that killed the legendary Dale Earnhardt. It didn't even look like a serious crash at the time. But re-watching it shows a direct impact into the wall, which didn't have safety barriers in place like they do now.
He also hit the wall at 170+ MPH that alone is not good.
Didn't see the practice crash of Mike Harmon but watched all the others on TV. Some were so bad that it's hard to believe no one died. I really didn't think Geoff Bodine could have survived that last crash, but he did. Injured, but not life-threatening.
I might complain about rule changes occasionally saying " It's just not like it used to be..." but I will always praise all the safety features developed .
there has not been a death in nascar in over twenty years, since the late great Dale Earnhardt
God bless whoever came up with the catch fence. It has probably saved more lives than anything else in racing.
8:58 Editor had some fun here. The preceding clip was of Michael Waltrip (who was fine) when his older brother, Darryl was doing commentary (Darryl retired as a driver years before) - obviously Darryl sprinted over to the site, in time to watch his brother stand up in the wreckage and walk away. Then the next vlip is an older clip of Darryl when he was driving.
Darrell had NOT yet retired, he retired after the 2000 season. Michael's crash was in 1990. ...i'm amazed at how many people can get so many facts wrong in these comments.
Watch NHRA Fire breathing beasts or NHRA wrecks
NASCAR's were built to crash safely! The car does not matter, the driver does.
Those reinforced roll-cages, the roof flaps that help prevent rolls, and catch-fences have saved countless lives. Also the HANS device, RIP Dale.
I KNOW it’s truly bonkers, isn’t it? It always amazes me when most if these guys walk away from these things.😱
5:29 so this is the “only footage” nascar has of this wreck, however it is believed they have more footage but what they saw was so disturbing they refuse to release it publicly
Often times drivers say they prefer flips because all the crashes energy goes into sending the car into the air and not the driver
And their motive would be... ?? You conspiracy people of off the rails.
I've been a Nascar fan for more then 30 years, and the races can get the adrenaline going! The crashes are horrible, and I'm still amazed how so many drivers survive them. Sadly, my oldest son's favorite driver (Dale Ernhardt) was killed in 2001 on the last lap of the Daytona 500.
I used to be a jackman and i was in Dale Jr's pit stall when Dillion crashed into tbe fencing at 10:35. We all thought he wasnt walking away from that but he did
The safety in modern race cars is truly unbelievable. Drivers now walk from wrecks that would kill guys 5 times over 20 years ago.
In my opinion things are oddly enough maybe a bit too safe and sterile now. Let’s be honest, the biggest attraction to many things is the element of danger. Nobody wants to see anyone or anything get killed, but over correcting can make things boring.
The last one was one of the worst I’ve ever witnessed in 40 years of watching racing! Geoff Bodine survived that wreck and raced like 4 months later! The sound of that truck grinding through that catch fence is insane!
I've only flipped a car twice sideways and twice end over end. Everything goes into slow motion. I can't imagine how long it would feel like flipping as many times as some of these.
Look at NHRA crashes too.
12:14 These vehicles racing here are basically race car chassis with sheet metal sculpted to make them look like pickup trucks.
It's called a catch fence for a reason!
They're moving at near-as-makes-no-difference to 200mph, with mere INCHES between cars!
it only takes a "tap" and these light weight framed cars will catch air and ....... the speed doesn't help either..
They actually say they gain speed when they hit the grass because they lose friction from the asphalt.
Fun fact, the guy jumping out of the way at 2:53 is Michael Jordan
Already that first one, I've never seen a nascar basically ripped into thirds like that
that last one the engine bounced 250 metres down the track away from the truck. a few years later geoff bodine the driver came up to canada to run a cascar race (now nascar canada) with my dad as his crew chief
Look for the crash they showed with the car into the fence. It is Austin Dillion's Coke Zero 400 crash. Then look for this same crash but add the words front row view. Someone sitting in the seats right in front of the impact point videoed it.
geoff bodine did have multiple broken bones and a nasty concussion other than that he was okay and was back racing the next year
If I recall, the Elliott Sadler wreck he dislocated his shoulder and broke his clavicle on his right side, and had severe bruising and multiple hairline fractures in his ribs. If it looked like he was crying, it's because he was.
More Nascar content please… The day Dale Earnhardt is a good start
Wait until you see how Clint Bowyer once finished the Daytona 500.
Upside-down and on fire!
Everybody lived through all of these. The one with the no.3 car in the fence, the driver literally crawled out and walked away waving at the crowd.
the 2nd crash in the film the black no 28 car was davey allison,he did recieve injuries had to take some time off, how ever unfortunately davey allison was killed in a helicopter crash, the following season.
He didn't take time off lol, he raced a few laps in the very next race
I forgot to mention, the last driver that die was Blaise Alexander in 2001, shortly after Dale Earnhardt.
Wasn't a nascar race but yeah
I recommend "What is NHRA Drag Racing" its detailed and enlightening.
If you watched NASCAR races every week like we do in the States, I’m not sure that you wouldn’t wind up in the emergency room. That really brought your blood pressure up! I do enjoy the races and have been to a couple. They are exciting!!
I've been to Bristol 3 times for the night race, would recommend it's a helluva time, amazing atmosphere.
4:50 first he says “is that the engine”
Literally right after you hear the announcer go “is that the engine”
That fence is the Catch fence and it has saved many lives.
I've loved NASCAR since I first discovered it. It was Lake Speeds one and only Cup win.
Great stuff. TY.
Lyle, Watch Arkansas State Police(ASP) Trooper Jacob Byrd perform PIT Maneuvers on pursuits of speeding, dangerous criminal drivers.
in the last one, he survived
Once at Talladega a car went over that same wall at the 4:00 min mark and the announcers missed it.
Now you need to react to John Force's fiery 300MPH crash. This is NHRA Lucas Oil drag racing.
Funny Car crashes are always spectacular and loud and there is nothing like the smell and sound of them going down the track.
@@Denalicat I know been to them many times. Talked to him twice. Also talked to erica enders twice as my granddaughter has been following her since her and her sisters Jr, Dragster days, time to a dragstrip was in 1965 when I was twelve.
@@scrambler69-xk3kv That's wonderful we haven't been to a pro strip since we went to Cajun Nationals years ago
He survived. No big injuries. Unbelievable!
Welcome to the world of NASCAR, friend! Two vids I have to recommend are "The Worst NASCAR Race" by SlapShoes and "NASCAR And The Art of Revenge" by EmpLemon. Both absolute gems.
Several of the cars from this video are in the museum just outside of Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama.
No, they're not Utes. They are part of the Nascar truck series.
The window net is used by drivers to signal emergency crews. The lower it first chance they get to signal they are conscious, so the crews can respond first to drivers who have not lowered the net since they likely need medical aid first. Everybody gets checked out by doctors after a crash of any kind, of course, and anybody injured goes to a full hospital immediately.
Drivers in NASCAR are among the most accessible pro athletes. During rain delays the reporters usually roaming the garage or pit areas will roam the line of motor homes (caravans or maybe coaches in Aussie) where drivers are as bored as anybody else hoping for a weather break. I remember one driver invited everyone inside, reporter, cameraman, soundman, all of them. Then took the headset from the reporter and started interviewing the reporter instead of everybody going through the same routine questions to fill airtime.
ythe truck race todd went to the hos[ital with a broken wrist, disslocated arm, some burns, bruses, and cuts, and he was back racing in 2 or 3 weeks, but yeah all othem survived
These are probably the safest race cars in the world. They have all the safety technology that any other race car has, and then there's the fact that they're so much heavier than those other cars. There's just more car to protect the drivers. Nobody's died in a NASCAR since Dale Earnhardt in 2001, and I'd bet money I never see it happen in my life.
Horror is 1955 LeMans.
Just think of the concentration and reflexes it takes to drive at 200 MPH bumper-to-bumper. I'm surprised there aren't more big wrecks. It's insane. The fastest I've gone was about 190 as a passenger in a Lamborghini on a test track and that scared the shit out of me.
Most of the huge wrecks in this video occurred at just two racetracks, Daytona and Talladega. These super speedways encourage drivers to race nose to tail as close as possible to go faster aerodynamically because the engines in the car are restricted to reduce horsepower to slow them down.
Downforce on these cars is achieved by front and rear spoilers preventing air getting under the car. Once air does get under the car, they tend to take flight.
With the close nose to tail racing at these two tracks,and the hole in the air created by the front car, the trailing cars are going faster. Hence the pack racing where one mistake wrecks many cars.
basically true of all race cars. worst thing possible is to get flipped around because now your wings are in fact wings like an airplane. I think the flaps on the roof that pop up when they get going backwards are supposed to help prevent liftoff but 200+mph is physics has the wheel once you are no longer pointed forward.
Maybe you should do THE MOST INSANE CRASH COMPILATION EVER (2010-2020)
Thanks for the suggestion
ua-cam.com/video/DJ9EoM6LpEE/v-deo.html women driving these powerful vehicles.. yasssss
I don't think a lot of people realize how insanely fast these cars are, they're crashing at a few hundred miles an hour. shit gets really fucked at that speed even with just a slight tap
Definitely enjoyed your reaction to this video Lyle. A testament to the safety mandated into this sport. Loving your NASCAR reactions. Thanks so much - Chuck in NE Kansas
Fun fact about the last crash the driver of that truck (Geoff Bodine) only missed 10 races that crash happen February 18, 2000 and he returned to racing in the trucks on May 6, 2000
Americans will drop a big block engine into ANYTHING and redline it. We love our speed and power!
I can never get enough of hearing Kyle Busch was taken out of a race
I hope you get to experience a race in person someday... the noise, the vibrations, the crowd... and if you're lucky, the pit passes 😁🤙
The Most Destructive NASCAR crash happened at the Daytona 500 February 18, 2001. I wasn't even a fan but I still cried
Aussie's: Don't F with us cause we're crazy MF's.
American's: Hold my beer while I get in my NASCAR.
American's: Hold my beer while I do this 3.7 seconds in a Top fuel dragster. 0-300mph in less than a quarter mile.
Hell, I know our women are more crazy cause they choose a 2,000 lbs killing machine called a bear, over a man. Make that make sense?
Nascar drivers are a different breed. But they're also American, so.....nuts by birth (for the most part).
You would be surprised, so many wrecks happen, very VERY few deaths now in NASCAR so yeh.
All those wrecks and the Newman crash from the thumbnail wasn’t even one of them, and that was one of the most frightening in recent years.
Too bad for NASCAR , it has been ruined for quite a while now. Quit watching about 10 years ago. Used to really love it.
On the straight aways, the cars are inches apart, at speeds approximately 190-200 us miles per hour. Kph around 321kph.
All drivers in this video did get some sort of injuries but all lived and walked away
That's one characteristic of NASCAR racing. They try to keep the performance of the cars very close, so they always end up in one big group. And because of the oval style of racing, if one car goes out of control, it sets off a chain reaction. In many ways, avoiding getting tangled up seems to be more luck than skill in many cases. And the engineering and construction of the driver's compartment is mind boggling! To see a driver climb out of what's left, is always a jaw dropping experience! And if you think that these are terrible, watch 25 Worst NHRA Crashes in 10 Minutes.
Yeah, I'm late.
The last driver yes, survived, and he was also big in our Olympic Bobsled organisation as he and his race organisation helped design the US Made sleighs the US started to use that are named after him and a race company called Chassis Dynamics, Bo-Dyn (a combo of Geoff Bodine and Chassis Dynamics). The latest ones are still made by a company based in our Racing Industry/Nascar area (We've got another Racing industry area in Indiana around Indianapolis)
Restricter plates cause so many wrecks, making everyone stay packed up together.
In that last truck crash,, 2 drivers were kept in hospital overnight. 9 spectators were injured, 5 were taken to the hospital where 2 required surgery.8
Geoff Bodine had a few broken bones; 6-8 week recovery.. nothing serious.
He walked away into the Ambulance (which is mandatory after a wreck) Cast on his arm and headed home.
The big fence around the track is usually called the "Catch fence" for obvious reasons. Its not just a tall frence. It has several heavy steal cables that run horizontal seperated by a couple feet, pulled tight to anchor points at either end every 100ft or so. All the way around most oval tracks and super speedways. Most of these crashes are on super speedways where they get up to about 200mph. They are more or less sucked down to the track. But it doesnt take much to disrupt the airflow under, over and around the car and that changes everything. One car can make another car wipe out on purpose or on accident without touching the other car by how their proximity to eachother effects the air flow. If i get in so close to you going into a corner, we become one flow of air.. which makes us faster. But, the air you needed to come down over your roof to hit the rear spoiler to hold your car down doesnt come down anymore. It goes up your front window and down my back window. That means not much is holding your rear end to the ground and you can easily spin out.. especially if i barely tap you as you are turning left into the corner. Lol Sometimes its on purpose. Sometimes its on accident. But the chance of that happening is on every corner when they are driving in packs. Which really the only way to win. If you arent lined up tight with other cars, the ones that are have better aerodynamics and will be faster than you. You will be way at the back pretty fast if you "pull out of line" without making agreemente with other cars around you to do it at the same time to form a new line of cars. In this type of racing, i know it seems like somebody buried 6 rows back with 3 lines of cars is out of it going into the last lap but thats not the case. That guy has almost as good a chance of winning as all the others in front of him, if not a slightly less chance. The lines and "deals" are all going to start in the final laps. Cars start changing what row they are in. 4 will jump to the top to start a new row trying to charge to the front. Other fill in their spots. Doors start touching. They get sucked into eachother. Airflow problem. Cars will hit eachothers rear end pushing them harder into the airflow while staying bumper to bumper trying to shove them forward towards the front and follow with them. At 200mph. This can all obviously lead to the big crashes in this vid. They are called "The big one" to many race fans. Everybody is waiting for it to happen pretty much every time they bunch the cars back together during yellow flags. They use terms like "draft", "side draft", "bump draft", "down force". "Air flow" way more than they talk details about the engines. They talk in aeronautical terms while talking about things that are actually on the ground. Lol Its a great sport. Super Speedways, 1 mile tracks, half mile tracks. Road Courses. A driver is usually skilled in 2 or more types of tracks to be successful.
The greatest thing about motorsports is that the crews will always run to help whoever is injured. In the moment they don’t care about teams or winning. They just want to preserve life. Those crew members could rip a door off a car before safety gets there.
The last driver was not "okay", but he got okay. Broke several bones, concussions, a plethora of other damages. Missed 10 weeks, then got back in and raced 12 more years.
The cars, and trucks (utes) are designed to crush and come apart very deliberately in a crash to bleed off kinetic energy, to reduce the forces passed to the driver. The drivers ar ed fully kitted in fireproof suits. They are strapped in tightly and have a device called a HANS that essentially joins the head, neck, and shoulders in a unit to protect the neck in the event od a major crash, spurred in part by the death of legend Dale Earnhardt Sr of a neck fracture following what looked like a much gentler crash then many he had walked away from in his career.
The firesuits have been standard to some extent for many years, but with the HANS device making one more thing drivers deal with, its gotten more robust to give the driver extra seconds to stop the car and get the bleep out.
The two cars that split from the opening in the track (Michael Waltrip and Mike Harman) were both the same track, Bristol.
The last clip with the trucks, the driver (Geoff Bodine) suffered no serious injuries. He did suffer fractures in his wrist, cheek bone, a vertebrae in his back and his ankle. This was the first time the trucks ever raced at Daytona.
The second last crash, there is footage from the stands basically right behind the fence where Austin Dillion hit, it’s crazy
The truck crash at the 12:00 mark was Geoff Bodine who got the worst of it. He suffered some minor burns, a broken bone in his had and a cracked vertebra. He said he blacked out almost immediately, He made a full recovery and returned to racing for another 11 years and retired in 2011 after 27 years behind the wheel.
They look horrible, but the more they flip and spin the more energy they are losing and actually the better it is. Almost always.
11:48 if you have a strong stomach read about the 1955 Le Mans disaster, That is what happens when the fence is not there in motorsport.
Yes that one with the pickup trucks is utes, If I remember right it was the Craftsman Super Truck series.
Its amazing that Geoff Bodine wasnt killed in that wreck.
I'm sure other said this already but all of these accidents everyone survived. there might be minor injuries for some of them, but they were all able to continue not only living, but all of them kept racing afterwards and probably had other accidents that didn't make it on this list.
Also no all races are have accidents like this, these tend to happen on certain tracks (Super speedway) were there is no lifting and are all bunched up. Slower/smaller tracks the cars tend to either get spread out or going slow enough that they can prevent their car from wrecking when they get bumped/turned.
No, their not ute's but pick-us (kind of).
I don't like racing pick-ups, their there to get more fan money.
"It"s only the middle bit left" Yep, the cars are made to absorb and eat the energy.. They are made in crush zones.
You should see a lot of videos of delana harvick, the wife of Kevin harvick, more than once was she on top of the war wagon looking like a nervous wreck. Even when her husband was winning the race she looked like she wouldn't relax until the race was over.
4:31 I find it Ironic that they were just praising the camera crew, before one of the biggest crashes in NASCAR history to have no footage
Most of these accidents not all of them, we’re at Talledagua ( spelled wrong ) or Daytona. These 2 tracks have a special package set up in the cars. It’s to keep the cars from going to fast but also it bunches up the cars so they have big crashes. Even before the race drivers hope they don’t get caught up in what they call the “big one”. Most of these crash videos of nascar are at these 2 tracks. This is not a real representation of nascar.